Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Ruscombmanor Township works elsewhere
Measured by household income, Ruscombmanor Township is ahead of 79% of U.S. towns. Employers in Ruscombmanor Township report 406 jobs for 2,014 working residents. The two grades for Ruscombmanor Township are B+ for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Ruscombmanor Township in brief
No single place dominates Ruscombmanor Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Reading, gets only 6% of working residents, and 62% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Ruscombmanor Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Ruscombmanor Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (17 to 29 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Ruscombmanor Township makes and builds things
44% of the jobs based in Ruscombmanor Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Ruscombmanor Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Ruscombmanor Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ruscombmanor Township is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #402 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Ruscombmanor Township’s grade up (4.9%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ruscombmanor Township could be anywhere from B− to A+.
6% of working residents work in Reading
Where Ruscombmanor Township clocks in
6% of workers
5% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Time on the road from Ruscombmanor Township: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ruscombmanor Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,502 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Making and building: 44% of jobs based in Ruscombmanor Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ruscombmanor Township, 2013 → 2023: 519 → 406. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ruscombmanor Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Ruscombmanor Township
On a workday 1,943 residents head out to work, 71 work right here, and 335 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Ruscombmanor Township on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far Ruscombmanor Township goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Ruscombmanor Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ruscombmanor Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns, #1,035 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Ruscombmanor Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,724 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.4% of Ruscombmanor Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ruscombmanor Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ruscombmanor Township next to U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,500: 1,061st of 4,023 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 23 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 28 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
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| 65 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 1,059 | Bennington NY | 3,175 | $89K | 8.0% | 1.6% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,060 | Trenton NY | 4,215 | $89K | 7.9% | 1.3% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,061 | Ruscombmanor Township PA | 4,077 | $103K | 4.9% | 5.8% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,062 | Orange OH | 3,574 | $170K | 16.0% | 4.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,063 | Hallsville TX | 4,895 | $85K | 5.7% | 2.8% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,023 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Ruscombmanor Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Ruscombmanor Township
The biggest share goes to Muhlenberg Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ruscombmanor Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruscombmanor Township | – | B+ | D− | 34 min | $103,125 |
| Richmond Township | under 3% | B+ | B | 22 min | $76,302 |
| Walnuttown | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Maidencreek Township | under 3% | A | C− | 29 min | $111,842 |
| Fleetwood | under 3% | A | B− | 24 min | $93,276 |
| Blandon | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Oley Township | 3% | A | B+ | 27 min | $90,750 |
| Muhlenberg Township | 5% | B+ | B | 23 min | $88,069 |
Same-state neighbors only. Walnuttown and Blandon: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ruscombmanor Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Ruscombmanor Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ruscombmanor Township?
$103,125 (±$21,722) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ruscombmanor Township?
4.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ruscombmanor Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ruscombmanor Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reading (6%, 7 mi), Muhlenberg Township (5%, 5 mi), Maxatawny Township (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ruscombmanor Township walkable?
Ruscombmanor Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ruscombmanor Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ruscombmanor Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ruscombmanor Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.